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Buy European @feddit.uk vesi @lemm.ee 17h ago

How to Mastodon?

Hello fellow Europeans!

I have already swapped like 95% of all of my american applications to European alternstives (all besides YouTube). However, I have a question…: What the heck is happening on Mastodon?

a) there are a few people there (even in comparison to Lemmy it is just microscopic

b) seems like Mastodon has never seen Any moderation: even though I followed politics-related people/organisations, Mastodon was, almost, bombarding me with unmarked and VERY unwanted NSFW content. Why?

So the question is: how to deal with Mastodon? Is it only me? It would be very nice to get back there and make theiving conversations and threads like here on Lemmy.

Vive l’Europe, Vesi

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Hi!

Sounds like you find yourself on a bad instance! Like Lemmy, you can sign up on many different websites that run Mastodon. The good ones are very well moderated. :)

What are you looking for in the platform? Which topics do you want to discuss, and in which languages? I'm sure folks here can help you find a good instance for your needs.

Other than that, it is based a lot around following people and hashtags. But finding an instance run by someone you can trust is the first step! :)
- Hi,
  
  I’ve signed up on the basic instance - mastodon.social. I would like to have politicians/parties, news and stuff like that. I’d like it to work a bit like the old Twitter.
  
  When it comes to language: it can be English/Finnish/Polish.
  
  Thanks for your time!
  
  You picked the biggest instance there is. I would start with a smaller one and then pull in the material you are interested in.
- All the unwanted porn I see on there comes from mastodon.online which is the official instance right?
  
  mastodon.online which is the official instance right?
  
  The one that most clients default to when you are new is mastodon.social, it's run by the same group that develops the platform. But there isn't really an "official" instance.
- This.
Please create a European YouTube!
- https://joinpeertube.org/ exists.
  
  It's created and developed by framasoft, a french company. Just wanted to add why it's european
- Dailymotion.com
I tried Mastodon in 2018 or 2016, idk anymore. it was confusing and so fragmented. i have it downloaded on android and will try again sometime.
Hi, this all comes down to the instance of your choosing and the people and hashtags you are following. I had a very positive experience from the get go.

There are lots of highly moderated servers, because of regulations and possible illegal contents. As the personal timeline is only filled with content of your choice, there shouldn't be much problems.

You can spice you timeline up with a trendingbot or with starter packs: https://fedidevs.com/starter-packs/

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